Fuel Cell Systems and Electrochemical Energy Storage

Project Title:
Materials Research for Template-Directed Nanostructure Assembly

Principle Investigator(s):
Gary Rubloff (MSE/ISR/IREAP)

Abstract:
We will pursue

1. understanding of fundamental materials issues in AAO-ALD and AAO-ECD nanotube assembly fabrication, using HfO2, TiN, MnO2, and Bi2Te3 exploring material-process relationships, interfacial effects on ALD nucleation, ECD growth mechanism, differential thermal behavior of crystalline formation.
2. We will develop characterization approaches for post-process and for real-time sensing (mass spec).
3. We will fabricate and test an electrochemical device based on MnO2/PEDOT (and RuO2/PEDOT) core-shell nanostructure assembly using ECD and/or ALD and characterize its performance in terms of high-power-high-energy storage, thus piloting some of the most exciting application drivers for template-directed nanostructure assembly.

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